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WR Donnie Hart and the Red Raiders are ready for Halloween day showdown.

Football Team Hosts Halloween Contest versus Missouri

Texas Techwill face its third-straight top-25 opponent.

October 25, 1998

Texas Tech (6-2, 3-2) vs. #18 Missouri (5-2, 3-1)

Saturday, Oct. 31, 1998

Jones Stadium

Lubbock, Texas

1 p.m. (CST)

Texas Tech (6-2, 3-2 in the Big 12 South) will face its third-straight top-25 opponent with it hosts 18th-ranked Missouri (5-2, 3-1) Saturday at Jones Stadium. The game is a part of the university's annual Family Day activities. Texas Tech's popular pregame entertainment event, Raider Alley, will begin at 10 a.m., while Halloween Hoops Fest will begin at 9:30 in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. Tickets to the game are priced from $13 - $26 and are available through the Athletic Ticket Office at 806/742-4412.

Texas Tech is 3-7-1 all-time on Halloween and has lost its last three games (all to Texas) on October 31. The last time Texas Tech won on Halloween was a 3-0 win over Rice in 1970. The last time Texas Tech played on Halloween ended with a 44-33 loss against 25th-ranked Texas in 1992.

Last Week for the Red Raiders

With its narrow 17-10 loss at eighth-ranked Texas A&M last weekend, the Red Raiders lost consecutive conference road games for the first time since 1994. The Texas Tech defense limited Texas A&M to 94 yards under its total offensive average for the season, but mustered just 205 yards of its own. Yet, the game (as Texas Tech vs. Texas A&M always does) came down to a near-catch by Donnie Hart in the end zone that would have given the Raiders an opportunity for the game-winning score with 1:34 left on the clock. Sophomore tailback Ricky Williams was held to a season-low 94 rushing yards and quarterback Rob Peters was forced into two interceptions and just 111 passing yards in the game. Hart caught two passes and was held catchless in the first half for the first time this season. Senior Montae Reagor led a strong defensive effort with a sack and two tackles for loss and the Raiders won the turnover battle with a plus-one margin for the game.

Spike Dykes

Spike Dykes, the "dean" of Big 12 coaches, enters the Missouri game looking to tie Pete Cawthon as the winningest coach in Texas Tech football history. In his 12th season as the head football coach, Dykes has surpassed Pete Cawthon for the longest tenure at that position at Texas Tech. With a record of 75-59-1, Dykes signed a contract extension following the 1997 season that ensures that he will remain the coach of the Red Raiders through the year 2000. Recognized as the first-ever Big 12 Coach of the Year in 1996, he has led the Red Raiders to seven-straight seasons of no lower than second-place conference or division finishes and six-straight bowl-eligible years. A 1959 graduate of Stephen F. Austin, Dykes has coached 10 All-Americas and 69 all-conference selections and his offensive squads have set over 77 individual or team school records.

His philosophy of coaching... "I think you coach because you love kids. If you do that, every day is rewarding."

Radio-Television Coverage

The Missouri contest will be broadcast live on Texas Tech's network of radio stations throughout the state of Texas and Eastern New Mexico. Veteran play-by-play announcer Jack Dale returns for his 47th-straight year as the voice of the Red Raiders. John Harris (17th year) will handle the color commentary and Mark Finkner (1st year) will provide sideline reports. The game will also be available on the Internet through Broadast.com. A link to the broadcast is provided on the Texas Tech athletic website at www.texastech.com. In addition, for the first time ever, all Texas Tech football games will be broadcast in Spanish on KXTQ-FM/AM in Lubbock. Longtime Dallas Cowboys announcer Mario Montez will handle the play-by-play duties.

The Missouri at Texas Tech contest will not be televised.

Missouri Is...

The Tigers enter the game with an impressive 5-2 record with their only losses coming at the hands of No. 1-ranked Ohio State and No. 7-ranked Nebraska, both on the road. Missouri is ranked 18th in the Associated Press poll and 21st in the coaches poll this week. The Tigers rank seventh in the nation in rushing and is an impressive 18th in the nation in total defense. A statistic that has been much discussed lately, Missouri is tied for 14th in the nation in turnover margin with a plus-1.0 per game.

Quarterback Corby Jones was considered a candidate for the Heisman Trophy entering the season, but running back Devin West seems to have stolen the thunder, averaging 160.43 yards per game on the ground and ranking third in the nation in rushing. West rushed for a school-record 319 yards against Kansas and 252 against Iowa State this season. Veteran Tiger coach Larry Smith is in his 22nd year as a head coach and fifth in Columbia.

A couple of Missouri connections, current Red Raider assistant coach Larry Hoefer was an assistant under Bob Stull at Missouri from 1989-1993. His daughter, Allison Shupp, currently resides in Columbia. Former Texas Tech athletic director Dick Tamburo (1978-80) was also the athletic director at Missouri (1988-92).

Texas Tech vs. Missouri: The Series

Texas Tech and Missouri have met only once in the history of the two football programs and that was in the season preceding the formation of the Big 12 Conference. Texas Tech defeated the Tigers 41-14 in the 1995 home opener in Jones Stadium. The Red Raiders rolled to 457 yards of total offense in that game, but gave-up 248 yards passing to three Missouri quarterbacks. Texas Tech rushed for 305 yards in the game and built a 24-7 halftime lead. Donnie Hart and Jaret Greaser are the only current Red Raiders to have stats in the game. Hart caught two passes for 40 yards, while Greaser kicked a 46-yard field goal late in the third quarter and added a fourth quarter PAT. Zach Thomas recorded a career-high 20 tackles in the game.

Texas Tech Face Third-Straight Nationally-Ranked Team

With this weekend's game against 18th-ranked Missouri, Texas Tech will face its third-straight nationally-ranked opponent following narrow losses at Colorado (19-17) and Texas A&M (17-10) by a total of nine points. The Red Raiders faced a similar stretch last season when it played No. 2 Nebraska (L, 29-0), No. 20 Texas A&M (W, 13-10) and No. 13 Kansas State (L, 13-2) in successive weeks. Texas Tech has played three-straight nationally-ranked opponents four times in school history and has never played four-straight in a single season.

Williams Moving Up Career Charts

Sophomore tailback Ricky Williams (Duncanville, Texas) has quickly moved into eighth on the Texas Tech career rushing list with 2,156 yards on the ground. Against OSU, Williams surpassed the 1,000-yard mark for the season, marking the second-fastest (six games) for a Texas Tech running back to achieve the feat. Williams currently has 1,262 yards on the season, which is eighth on the Red Raider single-season charts.

The problem is that it happens to be UT's rusher by the same name. After a 94-yard performance against Texas A&M, Williams dropped to fourth in the nation in rushing with a 157.8 yards per game average. Currently averaging 5.4 yards per carry, he is also among the nation's scoring leaders averaging 8.25 points per game. He rushed for the fifth-highest regular-season total ever for a Red Raider with 251 yards against Texas-El Paso in the season opener. His total yardage in that game was the highest in the nation for that week and his 42 carries vs. Fresno State was a career-high.

Last season Williams set a Red Raider freshman rushing record with 894 yards on 201 carries.

Williams should not be confused with talented University of Texas senior running back Ricky Williams. Both Rickys will be harder to recognize than in 1997 after changing jersey numbers. Texas Tech's Ricky now wears No. 2 (prep jersey #) after wearing No. 35 last season. UT's Ricky switched from No. 11 to No. 34 this season.

played on freshman team - Picadores
played tight end as a redshirt freshman

He's Baaacckk

Junior Rob Peters (Katy, Texas) has established himself as the full-time starter since suffering shoulder and thumb injuries against UTEP in the season opener. Against A&M, Peters started his third-straight game since the season-opener. He played sparingly at Iowa State following a sprained shoulder and fractured thumb suffered against the Miners. Peters entered the Baylor game in the third series and proceeded to set career-highs in virtually every offensive category. He rushed for 106 yards and passed for 226 in his first significant action of the year. Against Baylor, Peters became the first quarterback to surpass 100 rushing yards in a game since 1976.

Red Zone Defense

Texas Tech's SWARM defense has allowed just six rushing TDs in 27 trips inside the red zone through the first six games for a .222 TD percentage.

(A complete breakdown of red-zone stats is later in this release)

Raiders Post Standout Record

Prior to back-to-back road losses to nationally-ranked Colorado and Texas A&M, Texas Tech began the season with an undefeated 6-0 record for the first time since 1976 and for only the third time in school history following a 24-17 victory over Oklahoma State. In 1976, the Raiders began the season with an 8-1 mark and ended with a 10-2 record and Southwest Conference co-championship

Texas Tech's SWARM defense has held opponents to just 30.2 percent conversion rate on third-downs through the first eight games. Opponents have converted just 38-of-126 third down attempts, including just 11-of-32 in the fourth quarter. Texas Tech is converting third downs at a 43.2 percent clip.

Red Raider Ground Defense

Texas Tech's rushing defense is ranked 16th in the nation after the first eight games of the season. Earlier this season, the SWARM defense limited Fresno State to just nine yards on the ground, the fewest since holding Kansas State to minus-12 yards in 1996. Last season, Texas Tech limited its conference opponents to an average of almost 80 fewer yards per game on the ground than their final averages.

Senior Montae Reagor (Waxahachie, Texas) was named to the list of 12 semifinalists for the Rotary Lombardi Award, given to the nation's top college lineman. Called "one of the top 10 hitters in college football" by Sports Illustrated, Reagor is also a candidate for the Bronko Nagurski Award given to the nation's top defensive player by the Football Writers Association of America.

"He would get any vote that I've got for any team all-Big12 or all-American. I'm definitely going to list him on my Lombardi and Outland Trophy ballots." said Iowa State coach Dan McCarney.

"He's got a great motor and great skill and plays hard on every down. I think he is a guy who can come into the NFL and help on third down immediately. I'm not saying he can't be an every-down guy, but he's a player who can have an immediate impact, and to me that's a heck of a compliment. I've already told all my buddies in the NFL that he is the best player we've faced this season," said Fresno State coach Pat Hill, a former NFL assistant coach at Pittsburgh

Reagor One of Nation's Top Sackers

Reagor has recorded six sacks this season to become the school's most prolific quarterback pass rusher. He passed Calvin Riggs (18.5, 1983-86) to become the career record-holder with 23.5 sacks. One reason Reagor's sack numbers are down this season is due to opposing teams tailoring their gameplans to avoid his pass rush.

Reagor has recorded 18 tackles behind the line of scrimmage this season (following the A&M game), which surpassed Zach Thomas (16) for the single-season record with at least three games left on the regular-season schedule. He recorded four tackles for loss against Fresno State, passing All-America Gabriel Rivera as the school leader in that category. Against North Texas, Reagor recorded three tackles behind the line of scrimmage to surpass Zach Thomas on the career list with 31.

Reagor was named to the AFCA's Good Works Team, which honors those who show exceptional dedication to community service and the betterment of the communities in which they live. He is Texas Tech's second-straight honoree. Dane Johnson received the award in 1997.

Senior All-America candidate split end Donnie Hart (Wolfforth, Texas) has quietly recorded receiving stats that are among the best in Texas Tech single season history. He has 690 receiving yards this season, which ranks eighth on the single season school list and his seven TD catches ties for the third-most in school history. Both totals are career-highs for Hart.

Hart is Texas Tech's go-to receiver in clutch situations. Averaging 20.9 yards per catch, this season and 18.5 for his career, Hart has caught 24 of his 33 passes for either a first down or touchdown this season. He has nine third down receptions and seven TD catches on the season. He is averaging a TD for every 4.7 catches on the season.

Hart Candidate for Biletnikoff Award

Hart was the only Big 12 player named to the preseason "watch list" for the Biletnikoff Award for the nation's top receiver. He moved into second on the Texas Tech list for career receiving yards against Texas A&M. Against Baylor, he passed Rodney Blackshear and Wayne Walker for career receiving TDs with 15. Hart tied a career-high with two TD catches against OSU and has caught a TD pass in seven-of-eight games this season.

According to research conducted by Pete Tredwell of ESPN, Texas Tech entered 1998 as the top team in the nation in turnover margin over the last five seasons. The Red Raiders have a plus-52 margin in turnovers, including a plus-12 last season. Penn State is second with a plus-40 margin. In 1997, the Red Raiders finished 11th in the nation in turnover margin with plus-1.00 per game.

Since the formation of the Big 12 Conference prior to the 1996 season, Texas Tech has one of the best records in the league for conference games. Tech is one of only three teams to post at least five conference wins in each of its first two seasons in the Big 12.

Despite the loss at Colorado, Texas Tech has fashioned an impressive 7-4 conference road record since the league began in 1996. The only other teams the Red Raiders have not beaten on the road were all nationally-ranked Nebraska (1997), Kansas State (1996) and Colorado and Texas A&M (1998)over the first three seasons of the Big 12.

Texas Tech scored 30 points or more in its first five games for the first time in school history. The Red Raiders are currently averaging 28.9 points per game. The first five games included 35 points vs. UTEP, 30 vs. North Texas, 34 vs. Fresno State, 31 vs. Iowa State and 31 vs. Baylor.

Defensive Notes

Ranks 16th in the nation in rushing defense and 12th overall;

Limited Fresno State to just six yards rushing in the game; Held ISU's Darren Davis (who entered the game ranked sixth in the nation) to just 86 yards on 29 carries;

Held Baylor under 100 yards rushing for the third-straight season;

Allowed just three points in the first two games against UTEP and North Texas and held its first four opponents to just one rushing TD this season;

Limited North Texas to just 125 yards of total offense, which was the lowest total allowed since holding TCU to 177 yards in a 49-17 win in 1977.

Interesting Defensive Note
The last time a running back from an unranked team rushed for over 100 yards against Texas Tech was when Shon Mitchell (15-for-150) and Ricky Williams (21-for-143) accomplished the feat for Texas in 1996 in Lubbock.

It's All Academic
The Red Raiders have several players worthy of consideration for Academic All-America honors this season. Junior quarterback Rob Peters (Katy, Texas) entered the season with a cumulative grade point average of over a 3.9 in his accounting major. Junior raider Keith Cockrum (Goldthwaite, Texas) has a perfect 4.0 g.p.a in his finance major. Junior raider Reagan Bownds (Eldorado, Texas) has over a 3.6 g.p.a. in his agribusiness major. Eight Red Raiders earned a perfect 4.0 in at least one semester during 1997-98. Texas Tech was second in the Big 12 in academic all-Big 12 selections in 1997 with 15.

The Nation's Heaviest
Texas Tech owns the largest starting offensive line in the nation, averaging 322.8 across the front line. The starting lineup for the five offensive line positions totals 1,614-pounds. The heavest player on the line is sophomore tackle Jonathan Gray (Lubbock, Texas). Nicknamed "The House," Gray was the Big 12's largest player in 1997. With the addition of backup Kyle Sanders at center (who started for Robert Haddon against Fresno State), the average increased to 324.2.

Matt (no relation to Y.A.) Tittle
Senior Matt Tittle (Flower Mound, Texas) started four games for the Red Raiders and had impressive success, ranking as high as 19th in the nation in pass efficiency. He started his first career game against North Texas and set a career-high with 257 yards in the air.

Tittle saw the first significant action since his high school days in the Texas-El Paso game following starter Rob Peters' departure due to a shoulder injury. Tittle had only attempted one pass as a Red Raider but finished the UTEP game completing 10-of-18 attempts for 172 yards and one TD. He connected on passes of 60-yards and 45-yards (for a TD) to Donnie Hart in the game.

Record-Setting Crowds
Texas Tech fans attended the first two games of the season in record numbers. With crowds of 41,087 against UTEP and 40,035 against Fresno State, this season marked the first time since 1981 Texas Tech drew crowds in excess of 40,000 for the first two home games at Jones Stadium. Three of Texas Tech's first four games have drawn in excess of 40,000 fans.

Youth Brigade
This season's Red Raider football team has only 17 seniors on the 105-man roster this season. The class breakdown for the current roster is: 39 freshmen (21 redshirt, 18 true), 30 sophomores, 19 juniors and 17 seniors.
With only 15 seniors on the squad last season, Texas Tech had one of the youngest teams in the Big 12 Conference. The 17-member senior class this season includes Darwin Brown, who lost a medical redshirt application and Kevin McCullar, who lost his freshman year as a partial qualifier.

Among the accomplishments of the Red Raiders seniors are: three-straight bowl appearances; never finishing lower than second in the conference or division; and advancing to the first Cotton Bowl since 1939. They have also defeated Texas A&M three-straight seasons and swept the in-state league rivals (Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M) in 1997.

Tech Among Tops in Big 12 History
One overlooked aspect of Texas Tech's football program is its long history of success. Despite being the youngest school in the Big 12 (74th year of football this season), Texas Tech has been to 22 bowl games, which is among the top 20 in the nation, and has the fourth-best average wins per season in the league.

Entering 1997, Texas leads the list at 6.8 wins per season, while Nebraska and Oklahoma are second and third, respectively with a 6.7 and 6.6 average. Texas Tech is tied with Texas A&M for fourth with 5.7, while Colorado rounds out the top half of the league with an average of 5.6 and 5.5 wins per season, respectively. Five teams in the South Division of the Big 12 are among the top seven schools in wins per season in their histories.

Red Raiders Making the Grade
Last academic year Texas Tech athletes posted record-setting efforts in the classroom in both the fall and spring semesters. The overall grade-point average for Red Raiders student-athletes for the spring semester was a 2.801, which went up from the 2.784 during the fall semester. Both marks were the best since at least 1990. Over 87 percent of Texas Tech student-athletes during the spring '98 semester earned a 2.00 g.p.a. or above. Over 85 percent of the football players recorded a 2.00 g.p.a. or better. The average g.p.a. for the football team was a 2.62 during the spring and 30 players earned either president's or dean's list honors for either semester.

Notes of Interest

Junior Reagan Bownds (Eldorado, Texas) was named to Successful Farming Magazine's All-America Farm Team. He was one of five Big 12 players on the team, which recognizes outstanding college football players who hail from farming backgrounds. Bownds was a world-champion goat roaper in 1996. He recorded his first two career interceptions this season and made his first career start against Fresno State.

Backup receiver King Scovell (Dallas, Texas) is the brother of former Red Raider receiver Field Scovell and the son of former Texas Tech quarterback John Scovell. He is also the grandson of Field Scovell, "Mr. Cotton Bowl."

Despite the proximity to the state, Matt Heider (Roswell, N.M.) is the only Red Raider to hail from New Mexico.

Freshman Zeno McCoy (Plainview, Texas) spent the last three years as an E-4 communications specialist in the U.S. Army. He signed with Texas A&M originally before joining the Army in 1995.

Senior defensive tackle Cody Patton (Electra, Texas) lost 23 pounds since last season. He has suffered from various leg and ankle ailments during his career and the shedded weight should help alleviate some of those problems. His primary method of losing the weight was a daily four-mile run during the summer.

Senior punter Jeremy Hernandez (Midland, Texas) missed a day of practice during two-a-day drills to gake the MCAT exam as part of his application to medical school. He was excused by coach Dykes for missing practice.

Redshirt freshman receiver David Simmonds (New Braunfels, Texas) suffered a spinal cord contusion during two-a-day drills and spent two days in the hospital. He will miss at least six weeks and his long-term status remains unclear. Simmonds was in a scrimmage drill near the end of practice when he made limited contact with a defensive player and went to the ground. He had no feeling in his lower body for several hours.

Junior offensive guard Curtis Lowery (Stephenville, Texas) is finally receiving a chance to enter a season at 100 percent. A highly-sought recruit, Lowery suffered severe burns in a cooking grease fire in 1996 and missed all that season. He returned to the field in 1997 and earned a starting spot last spring at left guard.

While Jonathan Gray is known as "The House," sophomore left tackle Steve McFadden (Houston, Texas) is known as "The Shack." Other interesting nicknames on the team include T-Ruck (Taurus Rucker, Denison, Texas), Mad Dog (Robert Wyatt, Duncanville, Texas) and Lemon Drop (Devin Lemons, Pampa, Texas). Perhaps the most interesting given name is Zeno McCoy (Plainview, Texas). The most interesting unit nickname is the moniker for the Red Raider defense: "SWARM."

Stoney Garland (Plains, Texas) will serve as an honorary team captain this season. He suffered critical neck and back injuries last November in an automobile accident and is paralyzed from the chest down. Team captains for the 1998 season are Rob Peters (Katy, Texas) and Donnie Hart (Wollforth, Texas) from the offense and Montae Reagor (Waxahachie, Texas), Taurus Rucker (Denison, Texas) and Kyle Shipley (Arlington, Texas) from the defense.

Among the walk-ons on this year's squad are no less than 11 players that were listed on the preseason depth chart... A few names from the former walk-on listings (bold indicates has started at least one game during career): Reagan Bownds, Derrick Briggs, Toby Cantu, Keith Cockrum, Will Culpepper, John DePasquale, Kenny Kacal, David Nichol, Justin Reed, King Scovell, Rudy Renda, Kyle Sanders, Reggie Savage, Oscar Solis and Tim Winn.

Behind the Numbers
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Sophomore place-kicker Chris Birkholz had never attempted a field goal in his collegiate career until his successful 45-yard effort in the second quarter against North Texas. For the season, the Temple, Texas place-kicker is 8-for-10 with a long of 46 yards against Fresno State and Texas A&M.

1
Senior quarterback Matt Tittle had attempted and completed the only pass attempt of his career prior to this season.

1
Playing in only his fourth game, redshirt freshman Darrell Jones made his first catch with a 25-yard touchdown reception at Colorado.

2
The number of players named Ricky Williams that are ranked among the top four in the nation in rushing. Also, the number of players in the Big 12 Conference named Ricky Williams.

3
Texas Tech is in the midst of playing Colorado, Texas A&M and Missouri on consecutive Saturdays. All three Texas A&M (8), Colorado (17) and Missouri (19) are ranked in the Top 25. Texas Tech also encountered a similar stretch last season against Nebraska (2), Texas A&M (20) and Kansas State (13).

5.6
With 1,262 yards rushing and 119 receiving, Ricky Williams has a 5.6 per "touch" average through the first seven games.

6
Ricky Williams is the sixth Texas Tech back to pass 1,000 season yards.

11
Texas Tech quarterbacks have thrown to 11 different receivers in 1998. Donnie Hart is the most frequent target with 33 of Texas Tech's 95 catches.

11
Senior John Norman is ranked 11th this week in kickoff returns with a 28.40 average.

18
Montae Reagor has 18 tackles for loss this season in just eight games, breaking Zach Thomas' single-season record of 16. Reagor already owns the career mark with 45 tackles for loss.

23.5
Montae Reagor has a Texas Tech school-record 23.5 career sacks.

30
Texas Tech scored 30 or more points for the first five games of the season and averages 26.5 on the season.

39.1
Of its 27 trips inside the red zone, Texas Tech opponents have scored a rushing touchdown (six) only 22.2 percent of the time.

76
With 75 career victories at Texas Tech, Spike Dykes needs only one win to tie Pete Cawthon's mark of 76 for the most wins by a Red Raider head coach.

86.3
Donnie Hart is averaging 86.3 yards per game receiving. He has caught 33 passes for seven touchdowns and 690 yards, a 20.9 average.

Spike Dykes is...75-59-1 Overall
51-35-1 In conference games
47-21 When player surpasses 100-yards rushing
17-2 When team surpasses 300-yards rushing
34-3 When team surpasses 250-yards rushing
51-4 When team surpasses 200-yards rushing
8-9 When team surpasses 300-yards passing
13-8 In Big 12 conference games
11-4-1 Following an open date
7-1 At home following an open date
9-3 In home openers
5-7 In season openers
2-1 In Big 12 openers
3-0 In home Big 12 openers
2-1 In road Big 12 openers
8-4 In homecoming games

Texas Tech Is...85-2-0 When scoring 40 or more points
125-4-1 When scoring 35 or more points
176-8-1 When scoring 30 or more points
238-24-3 When scoring 25 or more points

Internet Website
The Texas Tech athletic media relations office, in conjunction with University Netcasting, has developed an Internet website that contains information on all 17 Red Raider sports. The address is www.texastech.com. We encourage members of the media to use this as the primary source of press releases, quotes, statistics, etc.. for Texas Tech sports.

Big 12 Head Coaches Weekly Teleconference
Through the work of American Teleconferences Services, the Big 12 hosts individual telephonic news conferences with each head coach on Mondays, starting at 10 a.m. (central) during the 1998 seasons. Please contact the Big 12 media relations staff for the access information.

The schedule is for the following Mondays: Oct. 26; Nov. 2-9-16-23-30; Dec. 7. The order of coaches and other participants is:

Big 12 Satellite Feed
The Big 12 Conference provides a satellite feed of game highlights each week on Tuesdays from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. (central). The coordinates for the feed are either Spacenet 3, Transponder 6 or Galaxy 6, Transponder 11. For more information, contact the Big 12 media relations office.

Spike Dykes Call-In Radio Show
Spike Dykes conducts a weekly fan call-in radio show each Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. live from Bleachers Sports Cafe in Lubbock. The flagship station for the show is KKAM-AM (1340) and the host is Jack Dale. The show is also provided on satellite on the Texas State Network.

Spike Dykes Television Show
The Spike Dykes television show airs each Sunday at 10:30 p.m. on KAMC-TV in Lubbock. The show also airs on Fridays at 2:30 p.m. on Fox Sports Southwest. The host of the show is John Harris, KAMC-TV sports director.